Jean Evans

A History of the New Church in Southern Africa 1909-1991 Jean Evans

Jean Evans has achieved a highly readable synthesis of facts, information, and anecdotes concerning this most interesting phase of the development of the New Church movement among the black people of South Africa. The factual history of the Church is enhanced by descriptions that are evocative and capture the atmosphere. The book includes a mini-biography of the late Obed Mooki, a personality of considerable stature whose life was inextricably linked with the greater part of the period covered. The background of the history and politics of South Africa is clearly presented, and the way in which it has necessarily affected people's lives and the development of the Church is depicted in an objective manner. Altogether an informative and fascinating account. This reprint edition is edited by Lee Woofenden.